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The state-owned Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) is requesting an additional €45 million for this year, mostly to cover the higher-than-expected cost of fuel purchases and carbon credits.
At the House finance committee on Monday, discussing the power …

Unions at the state power company EAC on Monday appeared still poised to go through with an announced two-hour strike for later this week, amid fresh pleas from the government to put off the industrial action.
The unions have announced that a first strike …

THE presidential palace has urged EAC (Electricity Authority of Cyprus) unions to call off their planned industrial action to allow for consultations free from the threat of a strike.
The authority’s four unions plan a two-hour strike on Thursday and a …

By Charlies Ellinas
CYPRUS: The new energy gate of Europe was the title of the 5th Energy Symposium organised by IENE and Financial Media Way (FMW), held in Nicosia on November 1.
Costis Stambolis, executive director of IENE, opening the Symposium …

Unions at the state power company EAC announced a two-hour work stoppage for next Thursday, November 9, and a 24-hour strike a week after if their demands were not satisfied by the government.
Syndicate leader Andreas Panorkos said they have decided to …

TRADE unions at the semi-state power company EAC will decide on Tuesday on the measures they will take to protest the government’s policy, which they claim is aimed at weakening and dismantling it, union reps announced on Friday.
At a joint news …

By Charles Ellinas
DEFA has received the green light to proceed with the retention of consultants to finalise plans for LNG imports.
It is aiming to be ready early 2018, perhaps after the presidential elections, to go out for tenders. The plan is to …

The new tariff system of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), in place as of today, will bring an overall reduction of approximately 6% in electricity bills.
EAC Spokesperson Christina Papadopoulou told CNA today that these tariffs will apply for …

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will from Friday be introducing its new means of calculating bills, which could see most consumers charged between 3% to 7% less.
Speaking to state radio on Tuesday, EAC press spokesman Christina Papadopoulou said …

A dispute is escalating between state-run power company EAC and the government over the former’s intention to create a solar park in Akrotiri, and the latter’s opposition to the project.
EAC chairman Andreas Marangos has gone as far as to publicly dub …

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) wrote off over €1million in outstanding electricity bills in 2016, according to the Chairman of the EAC Board Andreas Marangos.
Addressing the House Watchdog Committee recently, Marangos informed MPs that €894,365 …

Theft of electrical power from the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) network is relatively high for Cyprus standards with €500,000 worth recorded stolen last year.
In 2016, 980 consumers adjusted their electricity meters and stole over €500,000 worth …

PLANS by the state-owned EAC to build he island’s biggest solar park in the Akrotiri area have stumbled upon objections from the government’s own environment service, saying the construction of the 20 megawatt plant would require extensive tree-cutting …

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) expects Monday to break all electricity production records in the last seven years as air condition units across the island are pushed to their limits.
An unprecedented use of fans and air conditioners have placed …

Cyprus must reduce its carbon-dioxide emissions to 5 per cent, relative to 2005 levels, environment minister Nicos Kouyialis said on Wednesday, adding that it will achieve the goal with ease.
Addressing the House environment committee, Kouyialis analysed …

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) needs to take measures to ensure its revenue collecting policies are effective to as it struggles to collect €101.2 million in unpaid electricity bills according to Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides.
Presenting …

A pension bump awarded to Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides in 2008 by the board of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), a job with which he had left to become transport minister for the newly-elected Demetris Christofias administration, was given …

The EAC aims to create the largest solar park in Cyprus, with an output of 20MW and aimed for completion in 2019, to contribute to Brussels’ 2020 target.
In an interview with Phileleftheros newspaper, the senior EAC official Constantinos Rouvas, said that …

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Limassol port, the island’s main commercial port of entry for trade and cruise tourism, has entered a new era and started operating from Sunday as DP World Limassol …

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Thousands of exhibitors from more than 30 countries & regions and 500,000 domestic and abroad visitors attended in the previous sixteen exhibitions.
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